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This blog has three articles on Sister Nivedita written from 2018. I was fortunate to attend the unveiling of Sister NivedIta’s statue in London on 1 July 2023.
Here is the report about the great event.
Sister Nivedita started a school in Wimbledon and used novel methods in teaching. So a spot on Lake Road in Wimbledon, London under Merton council was chosen. Moreover, it is near the Ricards Lodge High School for girls. The school hall was used for the unveiling event. The event was well attended and well organised. All the speakers pointed out Sister Nivedita’s work in the field of education, particularly women’s education. They said that her life and service to community will inspire everyone for ages to come. Singers sang relevant songs and enthralled the audience in between the speeches. Girl students read the English translation.
Swami Sarvasthananda, Minister in charge of Ramakrishna Vedanat Centre, UK and Swami Nirmalatmananda from Brazil centre , American historian and academic Ruth Harris and many others spoke and praised the service of Sister Nivedita. Songs by Singers Dr Uma Basu and Pundit Chiranjib Chakravarthy and others sanctified the atmosphere.

Just before the start of the meeting Mayor Councillor Doug Smyth Mayor of Great Torrington ( Devon area in England)where Sister Nivedita Celebrations have installed another statue of Nivedita, unveiled the statue . along with Madam Mayor Jill Manly Mayor of Merton (in London) where the statue is installed now .
Torrington is the place where Sister Nivedita’s ash was buried in the family cemetery though Sister Nivedita died in Darjeeling in India.
Following the unveiling two Swamijis, Rev Swami Nirmalatmanandaji Maharaj Minister in charge of Sao Paolo Brazil and Rev Swami Sarvasthanandaji MIC London paid respects by garlanding the statue.
In her speech Mrs K Page Head teacher at the Girls High school praised the girl students who came as volunteers for the event. Mrs Sarada Sircar thanked everyone from the sculptor of the statue to the donors for the installation of the statue.
A souvenir with good articles on Nivedita was released. Descendants of Sister Nivedita also participated in the event.
Merton council, under which Wimbledon falls, did a great job in making the event a success.

Here is a brief life history of Sister Nivedita (28 October 1867 – 13 October 1911)
1867, October 28
The child Margaret Elizabeth Noble (later called Sister Nivedita by Swami Vivekananda) is born to Mary Isabel Hamilton and Samuel Richmond Noble of Scotch Street, Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
Her siblings :Richmond Noble, May Noble (Wilson)
1891-94
A young Margaret takes up a teaching job at Wimbledon, England. She is an exceptionally gifted teacher and within a few years, starts a school of her own, influenced by the progressive methods of Swedish educator Johann Pestalozzi and his pupil Friedrich Froebel.
1894
Margaret co-founds the Sesame Club, where she is noticed for her strong, progressive views on education. She makes the acquaintance of leading intellectuals such as Thomas Huxley, the poet W. B. Yeats and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
1895 November.
Margaret meets Swami Vivekananda at a lecture at Isabella Margesson’s residence at West End, London. She is profoundly influenced by the Swami’s vision and starts corresponding with him on a regular basis.
1898, January 28.
Margaret arrives in Calcutta on the ship Mombasa.
1898, March 17.
Margaret meets Sarada Devi for the first time who shares food with her, breaking a centuries old taboo. Sarada Devi’s gesture throws opens doors for foreign-born Margaret in orthodox Hindu society of the time.
1898, March 25.
Initiated by Vivekananda into Brahmacharya, becomes Nivedita, The Dedicated, of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda.
1898, May 11.
Travels to the Himalayas with Swamiji and fellow disciples Sara Bull and Josephine McLeod.
1898, November.
Nivedita returns to Calcutta and moves to 16, Bosepara Lane.
1898, November 13.
Sarada Devi inaugurates the girls’ school on November 13 with a puja in the Thakur Dalan. Swami Vivekananda is present with his brother disciples.
1899, March.
Plague breaks out in Calcutta. Nivedita throws herself into relief work.
1899, May 28.
Nivedita delivers her historic lecture on Kali Worship at the Kalighat Temple.
1899, June 20.
Nivedita leaves for England with Vivekananda and Turiyananda to raise funds for the school. In London, Vivekananda meets her family for the first time.
1899, November 5, Chicago.
Vivekananda bestows spiritual powers upon Nivedita and Sara Bull. “What came to us from a Woman I give to you two women,” he says. Nivedita calls the incident the “great turning point” of her life.
1900, February 27.
Nivedita establishes the “Ramakrishna Guild of Help” in America, supported by Besse Leggett of Ridgely Manor and longtime Vivekananda disciple Sara Bull. The modest plan is to take in and train “twenty widows and twenty orphan girls.”
1900, 8 July.
Nivedita’s book Kali the Mother is published. She dedicates it to her guru Swami Vivekananda, as Vireshwar, Lord of Heroes.
1900, 29 August.
Nivedita receives Swamiji’s now famous benediction at Perros-Guirec village, in Brittany, France. “Be thou to India’s future son / The mistress, servant, friend in one.”
1901 May.
Nivedita travels to Norway as Sara Bull’s guest,accompanied by Abala and JC Bose, and the renowned historian Romesh Chandra Dutt
1901 September-December.
Nivedita assists JC Bose in writing his epoch-making The Living and Non-Living.
1902
Sister Nivedita saw Swami Vivekananda for the last time on 2 July 1902 at Belur Math
Swami Vivekananda died at 9:10 p.m. on 4 July 1902
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1905
Partition of Bengal by Lord Curson
Nivedita takes active role in independence Movement.
1906
Tamil Poet Subrahmanya Bharati meets her. She inspired him to work for freedom of Women
1906 to 1911
Meeting all leading persons in Bengal and Ananada Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka)
1911
Nivedita died on 13 October 1911, aged 43, at Roy Villa in Darjeeling, West Bengal
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Nivedita has written a few books and her lectures, poems and essays have been brought out in book form after her death.
Articles on Nivedita in this blog:

VISIT TO SISTER NIVEDITA’S HOME TOWN (Post No.5734)
tamilandvedas.com
https://tamilandvedas.com › 2018/12/04 › visit-to-siste…
4 Dec 2018 — This is a non- commercial blog. I went to Dungannon, the birth place of Sister Nivedita, disciple of Swami Vivekananda. The Mayor of the town …
Sister Nivedita
tamilandvedas.com
https://tamilandvedas.com › tag › si…
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11 Dec 2018 — This is a non- commercial blog. Greatest of the Modern Tamil Poets Subrahmanya Bharati met Sister Nivedita on his way back to Madras from the …
NIVEDITA BOOK
https://tamilandvedas.com › tag › ni…
9 Oct 2021 — Tamil and Vedas. A blog exploring themes in Tamil and vedic literature. Tagged with NIVEDITA BOOK …

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